title: Was the Justinian Plague caused by the 1918 flu virus?
authors.forename: Eric Lewin
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Altschuler
authors.forename: Yvonne M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kariuki
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology